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Little Yellow Flower (Hong Kong) has sponsored the “Conservation Education Sponsorship Program” of Ocean Park. Volunteer students from Hong Kong Baptist University (BU) and The Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd) who participated in this education program went to primary and secondary schools in Foping and conducted a series of face to face education activities for the students. The objectives of the program are to sow the seed of conservation awareness among the participant students, as well as a practical training for BU & HKIEd students. Foping province is known as “The Homeland of Panda”. Through these activities, students realized the importance of providing a green environment for the pandas, as well as for the future.

The theme of these education activities focused on the Giant Panda Nature Reserve. Activities conducted including dynamic survey, seminar, play, hymns singing, dancing performance and also the making of “Wishing Tree”. Discussion on the environment conservation issues and urban development was carried out among the students. Earlier on before the event, students from BU and HKIEd have put lots of efforts and creatively came out with some brilliant ideas for the promotion campaign, as well as finding sponsors for gifts and souvenirs. 

The series of activities was started since early of the year and the official visit was in April. In total, 10 students from each BU and HKIEd and over 1,100 students in Foping, respectively from 4 primary schools and 2 secondary schools have participated in this program. The response was overwhelming. In the future, more information about conservation can be conveyed to more university students, topics can be extended from the giant panda and more about other issues.

Charlie young from Little Yellow Flower foundation was invited to design a special edition Beetle model car for Volkswagen. All proceeds from the “New Beetle Art Gallery Charity Auction” will be donated to Po Leung Kuk. Implementing the positive spirit of the Little Yellow Flower as the concept for the design , she was hoping that people will feel happy when they see this lovely model car.

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These Little Yellow Flowers represent the underprivileged children who are living in less fortunate environments. But as long as they don’t give up, striving forward, the optimistic attitude can help them become shining stars, acting as beacons for a brighter future.

Social integration is one of a constellation of social terms which aims to foster societies that are stable, safe, just and tolerant. The society shall respect diversity, equality of opportunity and welcome the participation of all people including disadvantaged and vulnerable groups. 

Having attended and enjoyed the training session for the performance, we realize that children with special learning difficulties is able to show their talents through various means and we should therefore not regard these children as “the other” but a participant in and contributor to the cultural life of the community. 

Through the training of this performance, children may experience failures and setbacks but learn to see them as temporary, hence increasing the ability to control their emotion and to manage their reactions to these feelings. 

We appreciate everyone who have participated and attending this wonderful musical performance – Her Magic of Life – The Me that Nobody Knows.

The Foundation has sponsored the musical Her Magic of Life – the me nobody knows organized by Caritas and the dance group of Grand-Jete. The 40 students with Special Learning Difficulties (“SLD”) are trained together with the dancers to perform in the musical. Our Ambassador Miss Sinje Lee has attended the training and provided instructions of performing on stage, she hopes the students will keep up with the hard work for the training and the performance. 

The objective of this event is, by way of performing art, to provide the students with SLD a mean to express their feeling and release the negative emotion; to enhance the ability of emotion control and to learn to handle problem positively when facing challenge; to discover their talents and increasing their self confidence; to bring awareness of the public of the students’ talents and achievements; to promote social integration, to accept and support the students with SLD. 

Her Magic of Life-the me nobody knows will be held on August 19-20, 2010 (Thursday and Friday) at 8pm at San Wan Ho Civic Centre Theater.

The Foundation has sponsored the musical Her Magic of Life – the me nobody knows organized by Caritas and the dance group of Grand-Jete. This is a special play where students confirmed with Special Learning Difficulties (“SLD”) are performing in the musical. The objective of the activity is to unraveled their talent, to support them, and to let them to accept as well as to express themselves through encouragement, help them to gain their self-esteem and self development.

The audition was held in Caritas Jockey Club Integrated Service for Young People at 21^st of March. More than 100 children attended the audition. They performed well in front of the panel judges, whom were experienced dancers and dramatists. The presented performances were including poems reading, dancing, singing, musical instrument playing and storytelling. Their good preparation and participation involved and encouraged by their parent as well. From this audition, 40 students were chosen and they will be sent for a series of training in the month of April.

Though not all students were elected in the end of the audition but everyone was moved by their courage and spirit, as the HOPE ambassador Charlie Young wrote: May all the SLD children be positive and be strong to face with all the challenges, never give up. They are just like the little yellow flower of the field, no matter how hard the environment is, they grow with a smile. 

The musical will be on stage on the 19^th and 20^th of August at Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre. Your attendance and support will be a recognition and good force to make them move on.

I went on a trip which took me five hours of train ride and another 2 hours of car ride but all was worth it when I reached KenTing, a beautiful land by the seaside of South Taiwan. I was filled with an air of excitement and felt as though the vast ocean and blue sky opened their arms to welcome us.

The purpose to KenTing was to join a music festival, known as the “Spring Scream Music Festival” which is held every once a year lasting for 2 days. This year, the event falls on 3rd April 2010 but I arrived a week earlier before the event started to help out as Hope Education Foundation plays a part for charity purposes in Spring Scream Music Festival.

I had to draw on a canvas which was 7 feet in height and 13 feet in width coming up with my own theme and at the same time, guide a group of primary school children to draw on another canvas which is of the same size.

I named my artwork “Dancing Waves” as the idea came from KenTing’s ocean where the white waves curl and laps against the clear blue sea. It also looks as if the waves heard the music from the festival and started dancing. The pencil in my hand came alive too, followed the waves’ shadow and started to draw them on the big beige cloth!

The other piece of canvas was drawn together with the small children and it is known as “Dreams”. The children drew their own version of the Little Yellow Flower and their dreams in the face of the flower. I hope that with this theme, the little children will always remember that the bravery and spirit of the Little Yellow Flower will always accompany them in pursuing their dreams.

When both the drawings were completed, it was hung at the event’s venue by the seaside allowing the drawings to dance together with the crowd and wind according to the music’s tempo. The drawings were also printed onto T-shirts. These T-shirts are sold together with the previous T-shirt I designed for the organizers, caps and also HOPE Education Foundation’s T-shirts. They were all sold for charity purposes and all proceeds are in aid to HOPE Education Foundation.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the organizer, Spring Scream Music Festival for such an interesting and unforgettable trip cum event!

Qinmo Village Project is aimed at the long-term sustainable development of a rural Chinese village. Located in Huaji County at the western border of Guangdong Province, the area is one of the poorest.

The project goes beyond mere building construction by integrating educational programs and sustainable concepts. Initiated in 2006 as part of a design workshop to re-think the standard 3 story concrete buildings which are typically donated as schools in rural areas, the designs stressed sustainability and ecological responsibility. In 2009, the full scope of the work involves 7 different projects which are funded individually by different charitable organizations. Little Yellow Flower foundation ( was named as HOPE Education Foundation)

is honored to participate in such a meaningful project and sponsored the establishment of a green concept library, hoping to encourage children to develop reading habits from an early age.

On 25 July 2009, Manchester United Football Team and Swiss watchmaker Hublot have jointly attended an event at Hangzhou in China to raise fund for the Foundation.

Red Devils players Paul Scholes, Ji-Sung Park, Rio Ferdinand and Patrice Evra were invited to take up a challenge – shooting the ball from the shore to a target 16 meters away on West Lake.

Mr. Jean-Claude Biver, Chairman of Hubolt, Sir Alex Ferguson and Mr.David Gill, Manager and CEO respectively of Manchester United, together with Miss Sinjie Lee and Miss Valen Hsu, Ambassadors of the Foundation were all there to cheer on the players! The shoot out was so fun that Sir Ferguson, Mr. Gill and Mr. Biver eventually made attempts in their suits and black leather shoes!

Besides the donation from the event, Mr. Biver had been very generous in making donation to the Foundation himself. All funds raised on the day will be applied towards the education of under privileged children in China.

On the 23rd July, the four HOPE Ambassadors, Sinje Lee, Valen Hsu, Charlie Young and Gigi Leung of HOPE Education Foundation Limited attended two meaningful events at Book Fair 2009 – the “Summer Bookworm” and the “Celebrities’ Sharing Session” – to spread the joy of reading to every child.

During the charity function “Summer Bookworm”, they shared the four meaningful tales they have written for the “HOPE Education – Little Yellow Flower Series” with hundreds of students from St. James’ Settlement. Signed copies of the four illustrated storybooks of the series, “The Rosy Bag of Little Yellow Flower”, “Can I be Friends with You?”, “Be Strong! Little Yellow Flower” and “The Fantastic World of Little Yellow Flower”, were presented to each of the students as a surprise gift. The four kind-hearted ambassadors also visited the stage at “Children’s Paradise” for the “Celebrities’ Sharing Session”, while Gigi Leung acted as the storyteller of her newly launched, “The Fantastic World of Little Yellow Flower” and took the audience into the world of creativity and imagination. All four ambassadors were thrilled at this valuable opportunity to encourage children to read at such a sizable event.

Valen Hsu, a popular singer, not forgetting to spare some time from her busy schedule for charity work. She spreads her love via her own creation story <Can I be friends with you?> at the same time, to help raise fund for HOPE Education Foundation. This story is illustrated by a famous artist Chriz Wong. She made a visit to Tai Kok Tsui Fresh Fish Traders’ School with with the comic artist.

An opening remark was made by the school headmaster Leung, followed by a story telling session by Valen and Chriz on her book telling the story about a tough girl whose name is “Little Yellow Flower” who is so determined in life.

Story books and little yellow flower cookies were given out to all the teachers and during the visit.

HOPE Education Foundation ambassador, Valen said: “Everyone faces all curves of life in everyday, regardless as a child or an adult, particularly when we are facing the current economy crisis, we all, not only in Hong Kong, have to tie our family bonds together, to face this challenge with courage. Hopefully, we can spread this message through <Little Yellow Flower’s HOPE series>, may they bloom and grow strong like the little yellow flowers. All these while, I am truly grateful for the great support from the headmaster. I am glad to have had this opportunity to share this story with the school children, I hope they like my story <Can I be friends with you?> and learn how to stay strong to strive through all the challenges.”